A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
Tim Schum, an Endwell resident, writes about Dolly King, who was one of two Black pro basketball players to break the color ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name ... It was held from 1931 through 1975. And in 1946, Robinson’s Royals of the International League defeated the Louisville Colonels of the ...
Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.
There is also a stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida named after him, Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Robinson played in the city during spring training in 1946 with the Montreal Royals. Today, the stadium ...